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Paisley Park is the second track on Prince's seventh album Around The World In A Day, the second to be credited to Prince and the Revolution, and a month after the album's release, Paisley Park was released as the album's first single in the UK, Europe and Australia (Raspberry Beret was released in North America and Japan).
Initial tracking took place on 9 March, 1984 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA.
Paisley Park became the name of Prince's recording studio complex, Paisley Park Studios, when it opened in 1987. Prince had previously used the term "Paisley Park" to refer to two other recording studios - mostly Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, MN, USA, but occasionally also Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (as is the case with Paisley Park itself, which was said to be recorded at "Paisley Park", but was in fact recorded at Sunset Sound). It was also used as the name of his record label, Paisley Park Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. from 1985 to 1993. Despite the many uses of the term "Paisley Park", the lyrics state that "Paisley Park is in your heart", indicating that it is a feeling or an ideal rather than one specific place.
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